- Charles Boylan
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Charles Boylan is a Canadian radio broadcaster and political activist. He produces and hosts Wake up with co-op and Discussion, programs on CFRO 102.7; a community-run, co-operatively-owned, non-corporate radio station broadcasting from Vancouver, British Columbia. Boylan has a BA (honours) in English, a master's degree in Canadian literature and TESL and has been a College teacher for 10 years.
Boylan has also run for political office federally and provincially as a representative of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada and People's Front respectively.
He currently serves as leader of People's Front.
Boylan is also known as an electoral reform activist, active in the movement for proportional representation since 1997 when he became a director of the BC Electoral Change Coalition led by Troy Lanigan of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation. He was also an active campaigner for Adriane Carr's Free Your Vote initiative in 2001 and 2002.
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Electoral history
Provincial elections
B.C. General Election 2009: Vancouver-Kingsway Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Adrian Dix 9,229 55.13% BC Liberal Bill Yuen 6,518 38.94% Green Rev Warkentin 699 4.18% Libertarian Matt Kadioglu 171 1.02% People's Front Charles Boylan 122 0.73% Total valid votes 16,739 B.C. General Election 2005: Vancouver-Kensington Party Candidate Votes % ±% NDP David Chudnovsky 10,573 49.97% BC Liberal Patrick Wong 8,949 42.29% Green Cody Matheson 1,273 6.02% Marijuana John Patrick Gordon 266 1.26% People's Front Charles Boylan 99 0.47% Total 21,160 100.00% B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Hastings Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures NDP Joy MacPhail 8,009 41.64% $44,787 BC Liberal Daniel Lee 7,600 39.51% $44,695 Green Ian Gregson 2,874 14.94% $1,764 Marijuana Davin Ouimet 409 2.13% $394 Social Credit Carrol Barbara Woolsey 222 1.15% $1,584 People's Front Charles Boylan 119 0.63% $97 Total Valid Votes 19,233 100.00% Total Rejected Ballots 134 0.70% Turnout 19,367 68.11% Federal elections
- 2004,2006,2008 Federal Elections (Vancouver South)
Canadian federal election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh 16,110 38.49% -9.56% $74,163 Conservative Wai Young 16,090 38.44% +11.30% $80,086 New Democrat Ann Chambers 7,376 17.62% -3.45% $22,765 Green Csaba Gulyas 2,065 4.93% +1.65% $413 Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 211 0.50% +0.04% Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,852 100% $85,093 Total rejected ballots 223 Turnout 42,075 Canadian federal election, 2006 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh 20,991 48.05% +3.54% $62,784 Conservative Tarlok Sablok 11,856 27.14% +1.64% $68,523 New Democrat Bev Meslo 9,205 21.07% -3.48% $30,481 Green Doug Perry 1,435 3.28% -0.30% $1,280 Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 202 0.46% +0.17% Total valid votes 43,689 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout Canadian federal election, 2004 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh 18,196 44.51% $67,157 Conservative Victor Soo Chan 10,426 25.50% $70,471 New Democrat Bev Meslo 10,038 24.55% $33,575 Green Doug Perry 1,465 3.58% $1,451 Christian Heritage Frank Wagner 339 0.82% Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 119 0.29% $150 Communist Stephen Von Sychowski 105 0.25% $389 Independent H. Sandhu 98 0.23% $5,846 Canadian Action Joe Sixpack Horrocks 90 0.22% Total valid votes 40,876 100.00% Total rejected ballots 284 0.69% Turnout 41,160 55.82% - 2000 Federal Election (Vancouver South—Burnaby)
Canadian federal election, 2000 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Herb Dhaliwal 17,705 42.69% $58,673 Canadian Alliance Ron Jack 15,384 37.09% $28,116 New Democrat Herschel Hardin 3,848 9.27% $13,583 Progressive Conservative Dan Tidball 2,649 6.38% $2,621 Green Imtiaz Popat 646 1.55% $594 Independent Michelle Jasmine Chang 465 1.12% Canadian Action Adam Sealey 430 1.03% Independent Derrick O'Keefe 158 0.38% $317 Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 101 0.24% $600 Natural Law Prince Pabbies 81 0.19% Total valid votes 41,467 100.00% Total rejected ballots 288 0.69% Turnout 41,755 58.38% - 1997 Federal Election (Vancouver East)
Canadian federal election, 1997 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Libby Davies 14,961 42.25% $52,043 Liberal Anna Terrana 13,123 37.06% $52,663 Reform Keith Mitchell 4,287 12.10% $11,525 Green Stuart Parker 1,221 3.44% $2,871 Progressive Conservative Jerry Cikes 964 2.72% $5,167 Christian Heritage Gloria Kieler 226 0.63% $844 Natural Law Wayne Melvin 185 0.52% Independent Kimball Cariou 161 0.45% $5,097 Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 158 0.44% Independent Ryan Bloc Québécois Bigge 121 0.34% Total valid votes 35,407 100.00% Total rejected ballots 403 1.13% Turnout 35,810 59.88% Bibliography
- (1986). "How the Votes Were Cast." Toronto Globe and Mail. October 24.
- Mulgrew, Ian (1981). "A mysterious party keeps the pot boiling." Toronto Globe and Mail. October 28.
Categories:- Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) candidates in the 1974 Canadian federal election
- Independent candidates in the 1988 Canadian federal election
- Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) candidates in the 1997 Canadian federal election
- Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) candidates in the 2000 Canadian federal election
- Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election
- Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election
- Canadian radio personalities
- Living people
- Candidates in British Columbia provincial elections
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